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Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar:`Umar bin Al-Khattab said, "When (my daughter) Hafsa bint `Umar lost her husband Khunais bin Hudhaifa As-Sahrni who was one of the companions of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and had fought in the battle of Badr and had died in Medina, I met `Uthman bin `Affan and suggested that he should marry Hafsa saying, "If you wish, I will marry Hafsa bint `Umar to you,' on that, he said, 'I will think it over.' I waited for a few days and then he said to me. 'I am of the opinion that I shall not marry at present.' Then I met Abu Bakr and said, 'if you wish, I will marry you, Hafsa bint `Umar.' He kept quiet and did not give me any reply and I became more angry with him than I was with `Uthman . Some days later, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) demanded her hand in marriage and I married her to him. Later on Abu Bakr met me and said, "Perhaps you were angry with me when you offered me Hafsa for marriage and I gave no reply to you?' I said, 'Yes.' Abu Bakr said, 'Nothing prevented me from accepting your offer except that I learnt that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had referred to the issue of Hafsa and I did not want to disclose the secret of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) , but had he (i.e. the Prophet) given her up I would surely have accepted her

حدثنا ابو اليمان، اخبرنا شعيب، عن الزهري، قال اخبرني سالم بن عبد الله، انه سمع عبد الله بن عمر رضى الله عنهما يحدث ان عمر بن الخطاب حين تايمت حفصة بنت عمر من خنيس بن حذافة السهمي وكان من اصحاب رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قد شهد بدرا توفي بالمدينة قال عمر فلقيت عثمان بن عفان فعرضت عليه حفصة فقلت ان شيت انكحتك حفصة بنت عمر. قال سانظر في امري. فلبثت ليالي، فقال قد بدا لي ان لا اتزوج يومي هذا. قال عمر فلقيت ابا بكر فقلت ان شيت انكحتك حفصة بنت عمر. فصمت ابو بكر، فلم يرجع الى شييا، فكنت عليه اوجد مني على عثمان، فلبثت ليالي، ثم خطبها رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فانكحتها اياه، فلقيني ابو بكر فقال لعلك وجدت على حين عرضت على حفصة فلم ارجع اليك قلت نعم. قال فانه لم يمنعني ان ارجع اليك فيما عرضت الا اني قد علمت ان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قد ذكرها، فلم اكن لافشي سر رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم، ولو تركها لقبلتها